I don't understand why there is no T. Trotsky, who for several months followed closely the currents in the Church. I request that he be placed in the P[olit]bureau.

Lenin.

Fond 2, op. 1, d. 23358 - autograph.

1The note was written by Lenin on an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Orgburo of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) No. 62 of October 13, 1922, sent to Lenin on October 16. Lenin made a remark on the decision of the Orgburo on the Commission on Anti-Religious Propaganda: "1 - a) The existing Commission on Anti-Religious Propaganda under the Agitprop consisting of Vol. Skvortsov-Stepanov, Krasikov, to expand it to include t. Menzhinsky from the GPU, and t. Smidovich, chairman of the Commission on Sectarian Affairs.

b) This commission should be empowered both to conduct church policy affairs (communication with church groups, with the All-Union Central Committee, etc.), to direct it in the center and in the field, and to develop directives on printed and oral propaganda and agitation.

c) The Commission shall establish a close and permanent connection with the GPU, the Church Department of the NKJUST and the Agitprop of the Central Committee. This connection is also ensured by the personal composition of the Commission.

d) From the beginning of the work of this commission, the work of other commissions on church affairs should be considered finished.

2. To question the opinion of the members of the Politburo on the above-mentioned resolution".